Lacustrine sedimentation in a semiarid alpine setting : an example from Ladakh, northwestern Himalaya

Auteurs :
FORT, M.
BURBANK, D. W.
FREYTET, P.

Description :
The depositional record of this 200 m thick succession reveals a complex interplay between biologically and chemically dominated sedimentation within the lake and pulses of coarse clastic detritus that punctuate the fine-grained sequences along the margins of the former lake. These successions are interpreted as representing a predominantly dry late Pleistocene climate in which occasional intense storms flushed colluvial debris into the former lake.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1989, vol. 31, n°. 3, p. 332-350, Références bibliographiques : 41 réf.

Date :
1989

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier